Word: rusk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although the Rusk letter, if anything, only alienated the students with its simplistic and worn-out arguments, the organizers of the letter were puzzled as to what tactic to try next...
Moreover, if they accepted Rusk's invitation, there was the possibility that the State Department might capitalize on disagreement within the group. Thus, when the State Department offered to televise a meeting between Rusk and eight of the students over NBC, the students refused...
...date of the meeting neared, the student leaders once again attempted to use the channels of the establishment to publicize their movement and mobilize support. Their plan called for a second letter to Johnson and a reply to Rusk, both to be given to the press Sunday for release Monday, barely 24 hours before the meeting...
...meeting with Rusk the following day strengthened the hand of those students in the group who had argued for a more critical tone. The interview convinced them all, Robert Powell, president of the University of North Carolina student body, said shortly afterward, that "the only way we will accept [peace] is through complete surrender of the goals and /or aims of the other side...
Though the meeting was billed officially as off-the-record, it is known that Rusk rejected the possibility of any coalition government in Vietnam not controlled by groups favorable to the United States. When the students suggested that the U.S. should make the first move toward negotiations, he insisted that the other side must demonstrate its willingness first, and said that Hanoi did not appear to want negotiations...